Two nights later, Sara's mom had returned home despite Sara's pleas. Sara,
Grissom, Catherine and Nick sat relaxing in the break room as it neared
midnight. Sara and Nick sat playing cards. Grissom sat doing a crossword
puzzle and had been in an unusually good mood ever since meeting Sara's
mother. And Catherine sat reading a newspaper.
"I won!" Nick gloated at Sara as he slammed down his final card.
Sara sat flabbergasted at being beaten.
"You must have cheated!" she retaliated.
"Moi!" Nick sniggered.
"You did didn't you!" she reacted.
Sara stormed over to another chair, grabbed a magazine and read it sulking. Nick laughed and left the room gloating. Catherine and Grissom exchanged an amused look. Grissom searched in his bag and retrieved some envelopes. He opened the first one and looked intrigued. He read it for while and then paused to think to himself smiling.
"Sara?" he asked.
"A ha" Sara looked up inquisitively.
"What's Tamales Bay like?" he asked amused.
"Well - er - beautiful!. Why?" she replied.
"I've been asked to speak at a convention near there in 2 months. I was thinking of looking round the area" he answered.
She went back to reading her magazine while commenting
"Well lucky you. It's a beautiful area your enjoy it".
"Would you like to come?" he asked.
"Me?" she echoed.
"Yes. Catherine, you too!. I want two of my best CSIs on board. And who better to show us round Tamales Bay than you Sara" he responded.
"Sara was brought up in Tamales Bay, Catherine" Grissom commented to Catherine.
"Oh" Catherine replied interested.
"Sure" Sara replied half excited but half reluctant.
Grissom looked at Catherine. "Sure - as long as I can find someone to watch Lindsay" she replied.
"That's agreed then. I'll sign us up. Are you all o.k with us staying in Tamales Bay?" he asked.
"But I thought you said it wasn't in Tamales Bay?" Sara noted. "I know it's not in Tamales Bay but it's near enough to drive from Tamales everyday with no worry. Sara, seeing as you're the expert, do you know any good B&B's in Tamales?" Grissom asked.
"Are you serious?" she replied worriedly.
"Why not?. We need a place to stay - it's a beautiful place. I'm sure you'd love to see your parents and your mother and I got along so well when she came to stay - I'd love to see her again.and we're friends aren't we Sara? - and friends are fascinated to meet other friend's parents and see where their friends grew up. I'd be fascinated - and I'm sure Catherine would too". Catherine shrugged. Catherine and Sarah were both quite shocked at Grissom's unusual behaviour.
"You'd end up abominated more like!. Even as a child I didn't bring friends home often because I was so embarrassed of my home!" Sara retorted.
"Your embarrassed of your parents?. I've met your mother already she's great - Quirky I admit! - but I don't think any less of anyone for it!. She is delightful!" Grissom replied.
"Yeah she's liveable - that was only one of them!. You don't want to meet the rest of Camp Cuckoo!" she panicked.
"Camp Cuckoo?. Do they live in a Camp?. Is it really called that?" Catherine asked.
"No!. It's a nickname some of us have for it - it's technically a collection of houses close together in a wood - but it's also technically a 'community' - and your unlikely to not meet the rest of them - aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and lunatics - some of them are o.k though. But some you wouldn't want to meet more than 1 at a time - and my parents make 2 at a time!" Sarah explained panicked. Grissom shrugged.
"Their nothing like me!. That's in my past!. My life is nothing like that!. I was never really like that!" she explained.
"That's why I'm so intrigued!" Grissom replied intrigued. He continued "You know what, Sara. I don't know much about your family or your childhood - but I do know that most of the time I see you with them or talk about them or 'it' - your face tends to glow up and you tend to smile. You look happiest when you talk about your family or childhood - How can I not be intrigued by what make Sara Sidle happy?".
Sara was flattered and gave it consideration.
"Well, I do love them. And I had loads of happy times as a child. But their still weird if you don't grow up like I did - it's seems really strange - but I suppose I can hide you from the worst of it".
Sara looked worriedly into thin air as she thought for a while. She'd gone pale but Grissom wouldn't back down. Sara sighed.
"Alright - you can - I suppose they'd love to see me" said Sara.
Sara got up and walked out bemused.
Catherine turned and looked at Grissom.
"What was all that about?" Catherine asked. Grissom smirked and picked up his crossword again.
Catherine thought to her self.
"You fancy her mother don't you!. Grissom!" she commented.
"No!. Of course not!. She's married!" he replied.
"So?" asked Catherine.
Grissom smirked behind his crossword again.
"Why are you in such a good mood anyway?" asked Catherine.
Grissom smiled and put down the crossword.
"You really want to know Catherine?. Because of recent days I have glimpsed into the intrigue that is Sara Sidle" he replied.
"You do fancy her mother don't you!. I know that look in your eye!" Catherine asked amused.
"That's not what this is about, Catherine. Firstly, Sara is an intriguing person. You must agree - she is amazing!. Her determinism, her passion, her whole essence. And secondly, I want to see into the mind of Sara Sidle for professional reasons - by meeting her parents I can begin to understand her as a person, as a worker, and I am doing just as you told me to - I'm taking myself from down the microscope and looking around my team around me" he said.
"And will you be intruding on all our lives - Nick?, Warrick?, Mine?. Even the lab techs?" she semi joked.
"All the rest of you don't get as emotional as Sara over so many cases - certain cases!" he replied.
"Oh no Grissom! - Your not suggesting!" Catherine asked.
"I'd never narrow my possibilities down to so little! - that could end up biasing my work!" Grissom replied.
"Your work?" Catherine replied not liking the sound of this.
"I'm not presuming anything!. I'm simply exploring Sara Sidle's character. And exploring possibilities!" he said.
"Grissom you can't! - you can't go invading her privacy!" Catherine exclaimed.
"She's agreed - hasn't she?" Grissom commented.
"What has got into you?. What are you going to do once you've 'explored' her childhood?. Are you going to track down everyone one of her ex's and interrogate them?" Catherine said half joking but quite worried. Grissom laughed and left.
"That can't be good work or even leadership protocol!" Catherine commented when Grissom had left.
Catherine sighed and put her hands in her face.
"I won!" Nick gloated at Sara as he slammed down his final card.
Sara sat flabbergasted at being beaten.
"You must have cheated!" she retaliated.
"Moi!" Nick sniggered.
"You did didn't you!" she reacted.
Sara stormed over to another chair, grabbed a magazine and read it sulking. Nick laughed and left the room gloating. Catherine and Grissom exchanged an amused look. Grissom searched in his bag and retrieved some envelopes. He opened the first one and looked intrigued. He read it for while and then paused to think to himself smiling.
"Sara?" he asked.
"A ha" Sara looked up inquisitively.
"What's Tamales Bay like?" he asked amused.
"Well - er - beautiful!. Why?" she replied.
"I've been asked to speak at a convention near there in 2 months. I was thinking of looking round the area" he answered.
She went back to reading her magazine while commenting
"Well lucky you. It's a beautiful area your enjoy it".
"Would you like to come?" he asked.
"Me?" she echoed.
"Yes. Catherine, you too!. I want two of my best CSIs on board. And who better to show us round Tamales Bay than you Sara" he responded.
"Sara was brought up in Tamales Bay, Catherine" Grissom commented to Catherine.
"Oh" Catherine replied interested.
"Sure" Sara replied half excited but half reluctant.
Grissom looked at Catherine. "Sure - as long as I can find someone to watch Lindsay" she replied.
"That's agreed then. I'll sign us up. Are you all o.k with us staying in Tamales Bay?" he asked.
"But I thought you said it wasn't in Tamales Bay?" Sara noted. "I know it's not in Tamales Bay but it's near enough to drive from Tamales everyday with no worry. Sara, seeing as you're the expert, do you know any good B&B's in Tamales?" Grissom asked.
"Are you serious?" she replied worriedly.
"Why not?. We need a place to stay - it's a beautiful place. I'm sure you'd love to see your parents and your mother and I got along so well when she came to stay - I'd love to see her again.and we're friends aren't we Sara? - and friends are fascinated to meet other friend's parents and see where their friends grew up. I'd be fascinated - and I'm sure Catherine would too". Catherine shrugged. Catherine and Sarah were both quite shocked at Grissom's unusual behaviour.
"You'd end up abominated more like!. Even as a child I didn't bring friends home often because I was so embarrassed of my home!" Sara retorted.
"Your embarrassed of your parents?. I've met your mother already she's great - Quirky I admit! - but I don't think any less of anyone for it!. She is delightful!" Grissom replied.
"Yeah she's liveable - that was only one of them!. You don't want to meet the rest of Camp Cuckoo!" she panicked.
"Camp Cuckoo?. Do they live in a Camp?. Is it really called that?" Catherine asked.
"No!. It's a nickname some of us have for it - it's technically a collection of houses close together in a wood - but it's also technically a 'community' - and your unlikely to not meet the rest of them - aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and lunatics - some of them are o.k though. But some you wouldn't want to meet more than 1 at a time - and my parents make 2 at a time!" Sarah explained panicked. Grissom shrugged.
"Their nothing like me!. That's in my past!. My life is nothing like that!. I was never really like that!" she explained.
"That's why I'm so intrigued!" Grissom replied intrigued. He continued "You know what, Sara. I don't know much about your family or your childhood - but I do know that most of the time I see you with them or talk about them or 'it' - your face tends to glow up and you tend to smile. You look happiest when you talk about your family or childhood - How can I not be intrigued by what make Sara Sidle happy?".
Sara was flattered and gave it consideration.
"Well, I do love them. And I had loads of happy times as a child. But their still weird if you don't grow up like I did - it's seems really strange - but I suppose I can hide you from the worst of it".
Sara looked worriedly into thin air as she thought for a while. She'd gone pale but Grissom wouldn't back down. Sara sighed.
"Alright - you can - I suppose they'd love to see me" said Sara.
Sara got up and walked out bemused.
Catherine turned and looked at Grissom.
"What was all that about?" Catherine asked. Grissom smirked and picked up his crossword again.
Catherine thought to her self.
"You fancy her mother don't you!. Grissom!" she commented.
"No!. Of course not!. She's married!" he replied.
"So?" asked Catherine.
Grissom smirked behind his crossword again.
"Why are you in such a good mood anyway?" asked Catherine.
Grissom smiled and put down the crossword.
"You really want to know Catherine?. Because of recent days I have glimpsed into the intrigue that is Sara Sidle" he replied.
"You do fancy her mother don't you!. I know that look in your eye!" Catherine asked amused.
"That's not what this is about, Catherine. Firstly, Sara is an intriguing person. You must agree - she is amazing!. Her determinism, her passion, her whole essence. And secondly, I want to see into the mind of Sara Sidle for professional reasons - by meeting her parents I can begin to understand her as a person, as a worker, and I am doing just as you told me to - I'm taking myself from down the microscope and looking around my team around me" he said.
"And will you be intruding on all our lives - Nick?, Warrick?, Mine?. Even the lab techs?" she semi joked.
"All the rest of you don't get as emotional as Sara over so many cases - certain cases!" he replied.
"Oh no Grissom! - Your not suggesting!" Catherine asked.
"I'd never narrow my possibilities down to so little! - that could end up biasing my work!" Grissom replied.
"Your work?" Catherine replied not liking the sound of this.
"I'm not presuming anything!. I'm simply exploring Sara Sidle's character. And exploring possibilities!" he said.
"Grissom you can't! - you can't go invading her privacy!" Catherine exclaimed.
"She's agreed - hasn't she?" Grissom commented.
"What has got into you?. What are you going to do once you've 'explored' her childhood?. Are you going to track down everyone one of her ex's and interrogate them?" Catherine said half joking but quite worried. Grissom laughed and left.
"That can't be good work or even leadership protocol!" Catherine commented when Grissom had left.
Catherine sighed and put her hands in her face.